Holder for registration cards



March 16 1926.

B. H. BORRESON HOLDER FOR REGISTRATION CARDS Filed S t. 2, 1924 arm M M w ma Patented Mar. 16, 1925.

1,576,713 PATENT OFFICE.

IBGRRE I-I. BGRRESON, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

HOLDER FOR REGISTRATION CARDS.

Application filed September 2, 1924. Serial No. 735,390.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Benin H. BoRREsoN, a citizen of the United States, resident of St. Paul, county of Ramsey, and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Registration Cards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in registration card holders particularly adapted for use to receive and protect a certificate of registration, such as are commonly issued to automobile owners in some States to indicate the ownership of the car, and more particularly relates to improvements in the form of holder shown in my prior pending application Serial #706,376, dated July 21, 1924:.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a registration card holder having means thereon wherebyit may be conveniently secured to the usual instrument board of an automobile in such a manner that a certificate or card may readily be inserted therein or removed therefrom without the necessity of having to remove any screws or other demountable parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a holder having a transparent covering on one side through which the certificate may readily be seen when inserted therein, and also having means on the back thereof for supporting and holding additional or auxiliary cards, such for instance, as introductory cards or gasoline commutation tickets.

Other objects of the invention will be pointed out in the following description and the accompanying drawings, and will be pointed out in the annexed claims.

In the drawings there has been disclosed a structure designed to carry out the various objects of the invention, but it is to be understood that the invention isnot confined to the exact features shown, as various changes may be made within the scope of the claims which follow.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,

' Figurel is an elevation of a portion of an automobile instrument board showing my improved certificate holder mounted thereon;

Figure 2 is a plan View of v the holder showing the preferred method of securing it to the instrument board;

Figure 3 is a view showing the back of the holder to show the means provided thereon for holding auxiliary cards;

F1gure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view on the line t4l of Figure 8;

Figure 5 is a similar view on the line 55 of Figure 52;

Figure 6 is a view showing how one end of the'holder may be raised topermit the removal or insertion of the card or certificate; and T Figure 7 is a modification showing another method of securing the receiving end of the holder to the supporting means.

The novel card holder shown in the accompanying drawings comprises a back or plate 11 having its marginal edges upwardly and inwardly turned to provide the opposed flanges 12-12 and 13 -13 as shown in Figure 2. A depression 14' is provided on the back of the holder adjacent the outer edges thereof in order to provide a seat for the transparent sheet of mica or othertransparent material 15 seated thereon and securely held in place by means of the inwardly turned flanges 12 and 13 as shown in Figures 4: and 5. By thus forming a depression around the outer edges of the holder, a space will also be provided between the back 11 and the transparent sheet v15 so that the registration card may be inserted therebetween.

A slot 16 is provided at one end of the holderthroughwhich the card 17 may be inserted into the holder as shown in Figure 9 1 o. This slot 16 is preferably inclined from each side of the center, as shown, in order to provide means for preventing the end of the card from contacting with the edge of the slot when inserting it therein, or removing it therefrom. A- tab or lug 18 is formed in the center of the 'slot 16 in order to expose enough of the cardso that it may readily be removed from the holder by frictional contact of a finger thereagainst, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 3. lVhen the card has been positioned in the holder as here shown, a portion of the end thereof will bear against the lug 18 and will therefore be exposed while the remainderof the card will be substantially hidden be drawn from the holder as a result of the frictional contact of the finger with the card. The lug 18 also functions as a means to prevent the transparent sheet at the front of the holder from being injured or marred, should a sharp instrument be used to remove the card in place of a. finger.

One end of this novel holder is preferably secured to a suitable supporting means such as the usual instrument board 19 of an automobile. The means provided for securing it to the instrument board preferably consists in the provision of suitable apertures 21 provided in the closed end of the holder and adapted to receive screws or bolts which are secured to the instrument board 19 as shown in Figures 5 and 6. The other end of the holder is removably secured to the instrun'ient board or supporting means by screws 23 which are seated in the supporting means as particularly shown in Figure 6. The heads of these screws are preferably flattened on two sides as shown. Elongated apertures 24 are provided in the corners of the open or receiving end of the holder to receive the elongated heads of the screws 23 when the holder is secured in place as shown in Figures 2 and 5. When the holder is secured in place as here shown the, heads of the screws 23 after having passed through the elongated openings 24 in the holder, will be turned at right angles thereto. so that the ends of the heads will engage the sides of the openings which will thereby prevent the holder from being outwardly moved from the instrument board and the receiving end of the holder will L thereby be closed and securely held in place.

lVhen' it is desired to raise or lift the receiving end of the holder for the insertion or removal of a card, the screws 23 will be rotated so as to allow such heads to pass through the elongated openings 24 in the holder, after which the end of the holder may be lifted to the position shown in Fig ure 6, in which position the card may readily be removed or inserted. In order to eliminate the necessity. of having to loosen or tighten the sc 'ews 22 at the opposite end of theholder when it is desired to raise the end thereof. sufficiently to' remove or insert the card, the closed end of the holder is preferably slightly upwardly bent as shown at 25 in Figures 5 and 6, and a raised, rounded boss 26. is provided beneath the head of each screw 22 so that when the opposite end of the holder is downwardly pressed against the. instrument. board and secured thereto the frame. of the holder will be put under a slight tension. Thus, it will be seen that when the holder is in raised position as shown in Figure 6, the roundedv shoulder or heel 27 of the back thereof will engage the supporting means, and when it is downwardly moved to the positlon shown in Figure 5, this shoulder will act as a fulcrum, and the rounded bosses 26 will engage the under sides of the screw heads 22, thereby putting the frame of the holder under tension with the result that it will be firmly held in place so that it will be impossible for it to. become loose from vibration and cause unnecessary and annoying noises by rattling etc.

Means are also provided on the back of this novel holder for supporting an additional or auxiliary card, such for instance, as an introductory card or a gasoline commutation ticket. Such means preferably consists in the formation of a pair of tension fingers 28 preferably stamped from the back plate 11 as shown in Figures 3 and 4. These fingers are arranged at one side of the holder, preferably the bottom, and have their free ends slightly curved as indicated at 29 so that a card or ticket 31 may be inserted between the fingers and the back plate 11 of the frame as shown in the above figures. This card or ticket may readily be inserted between the fingers 28 and the back plate 11 or removed there from when the holder has been raised to the position shown in Figure 5, the card 31 will be securely held in place and will be hidden from view and the registration card only will be visible through the transparent sheet 15 at the front side of the holder. The frame of this card holder is preferably of unitary structure, it being preferably formed, by the use of suitable dies, of a single metallic plate.

In Figure 7, I have shown a modified construction wherein the locking screws 23 and slots 24 have been dispensed with and a single screw 32 substituted therefor to secure the open or slotted end of the holder to, supporting means, as shown. It is to be understood, however, that other suitable means may be provided for securing the open or slotted end of the holder to the supporting means in place of the form of screws here shown, such for instance as the usual wing or thumb nuts or screw eye.

In various ways, the details of construction herein shown and described may be modified and still be within the scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A certificate or card holder comprising a support for the same, a frame adapted to contain a card or certificate, means for attachment of the frame to the support, said means and frame at the point of attachment to the support being formed tov co-operate in providing a progressive gripping tension joint in moving the frame to closed position, and means for holding the frame in closed position against its sumport.

2. A certificate or card holder comprising a frame and means for its attachment to a support, the frame and attachment means being formed for co-action to permit the frame to stand at an angle to its support when in opened position and to form a progressively gripping tension joint in .moving the frame to closed position, and means for holding the frame in closed position.

3. A certificate or card holder comprising a frame having bolts near one edge for mounting it upon an instrument board, said bolts allowing said frame to swing outwardly therefrom to expose the rear of said frame and normally tending to tension said frame as it is swung toward said board, and means at an opposite edge of said frame for holding it against said board in parallel relation thereto.

4. A certificate or registration card holder COIIIPI'iSlIlg a plate having its edges folded to form guides, and adapted to receive a card, and a slot through which the card is inserted into said recess, one edge of said slo-t having a lug or projection thereon pressed out of the opposite edge against which the card is seated, a portion of the card being exposed through the opening formed by pressing out said lug to allow said card to be engaged for removal from the holder.

5. A certificate or registration card holder comprising a plate having guides at its edges and provided with a recess to receive a card, and having a slot through which the card is inserted into said recess, a transparent sheet having edges fitting said guides and through which sheet said card is visible, one edge of said slot having a lug thereon under which the adjacent edge of said transparent sheet is concealed and protected.

6. A certificate or card holder comprising a frame adapted to contain a card or certificate and having an angled portion, means passing through the angled portion for securing the frame to a support said angled portion permitting the frame to be swung outwardly for access to the rear thereof and acting under tension to clamp the frame to its support when in closed position, and means for nonnallyholding the frame in closed position against its support.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of August 1924.

BGRRE H. BORRESON. 

